Opalesque Industry Update - The European Fund and Asset Management Association (EFAMA), has today published its latest International Statistical Release describing the trends in worldwide investment fund industry in the first quarter of 2020. Worldwide
MMC Ventures has led a $3m seed funding round for Agamon, a London-based developer of a healthcare intelligence platform.
Deutsche Effekten- und Wechsel-Beteiligungsgesellschaft (DEWB) has sold its stake in MueTec to listed China-headquartered Suzhou TZTEK Technology via the holding company SLSS Europe.
Life sciences-focused venture capital firm Epidarex Capital has hit a £102m final close for its third fund.
UK private equity house Inflexion has agreed to carve-out liquid pharma business Rosemont Pharmaceuticals from US-listed Perrigo.
SilverConnect, a medical nutrition startup creating specialized food solutions for people with difficulty swallowing, has closed a seed financing round led by Heritas Capital Management.
Trive Capital has agreed to acquire publicly traded Seven Aces, a gaming company and route operator. Seven Aces (TSXV: ACES), through its subsidiary Lucky Bucks, is a coin-operated amusement machine route operator. Lucky Bucks’ machines
FTV has closed its sixth and largest fund to date, FTV VI LP, at its hard cap of $1.2 billion. The firm’s earlier fund closed in September 2016 at its hard cap of $850 million.
The firm invested in Rosemont Pharmaceuticals through its fifth mid-market buyout fund, which closed at £1.25bn in 2018
Manchester-based Lavatech has been given a £1.5m investment from Inflexion Private Equity, Business Manchester reports. Lavatech is the company behind the app inCase that has been developed to make it easier for lawyers to communicate
Fly Ventures announces €53m fund to uncover the next-generation of industry-defining founders in pan-European tech.
Private equity fund IG4 Capital has signed a deal with Brazil’s CGG Trading and its creditors to acquire CLI. The company owns one of the largest grain terminals in the country, in the northern port
Optum Ventures, Idinvest and Capital300 have led a $26m funding round for Germany-based online rehabilitation and therapy provider Kaia Health.
The vehicle, focused on Northern Europe, is set to be larger than its predecessor, which closed in 2018 at €4.3bn
Bullpen Capital is looking to raise $150m in its fifth venture capital fund, which will make it a little larger than its predecessor.
Private equity firm HQ Capital has just announced the raise of its largest fund ever in its three decade-long history. The global alternative investment firm of the Germany based HQ Group has announced the final
Fulcrum Capital Partners has made an investment in Belvika Trade & Packaging, a provider of outsourced packaging services. Belvika provides primary packaging, secondary packaging, and merchandising services primarily to consumer packaged goods companies operating in
Osceola Capital has held a hard cap and above target close of its inaugural fund with an oversubscribed $125 million of capital. Limited partners in the new fund include public pension plans, financial institutions, a
